Chapter 17 Ambush the Running Bull
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As night fell, the sound of gunfire in the distance gradually faded.
During the fierce battle for two days and two nights, the offensive and defense sides were exhausted. When the sky was dark, they shrank their troops tacitly and accumulated strength to prepare for another fight. At the same time, they were afraid of the opponent's attack in the dark, so dazzling flares rose one after another. From time to time, they could hear a series of "da da da da" machine gun diffuse sounds from frontier positions.
The main forces of Qiuying, Xieying and the first battalion of the first regiment have advanced to the Dong'an line, less than six miles away from the battlefield filled with smoke. The position under the feet of the 52nd Division blocked the main forces of Gaoqiao in the morning.
Following the muddy trenches and crossing the bodies soaked in mud and snow, Master Chen came to the front-end command post where Lu Bochuan, the chief of staff of the 2nd Guerrilla Column of the Third War Zone, had fought.
**The liaison Major Guanmori Village, the 11th Brigade, had been waiting for a long time, and bowed to Master Chen ninety degrees, "Chen Sang, I'll ask you for the body of the wounded and warriors in the headquarters."
"This is what we should do." Master Chen raised his hand and gave a sincere and solemn expression.
Major Morimura bowed again, pointed to the map under the oil lamp and said: "The brigade commander also entrusts me to tell you that the Peaceful Yuan Brigade of the Tottori United has attacked the Caoqiao line and will be able to attack the front enemy from the left wing at 9 am tomorrow at the latest. Given the slightest lack of troops, I hope your troops can draw powerful troops to penetrate the enemy's right wing overnight to form a three-sided encirclement."
The Japanese's confidence expanded to the extreme, and they even allocated their troops from one to ten, which directly led to the Pingyuan Brigade of the 17th Division, which was advancing alone, was almost surrounded and annihilated. The direct troops of the Takahashi Brigade and the Nishino Brigade, which were attacking the front, also suffered more than half of the casualties. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the two and a half squadrons of the Murakami Brigade, which were carrying out the "sweeping" mission, were ordered to assemble, and together with the logistics troops responsible for transporting ammunition supplies, they all went to the front battlefield.
There are still four and a half hours left. Master Chen will naturally not refuse this request, but considering that Wang Jingwei and the Japanese side were speaking first, he still pretended to be hesitant, "Morimura, the command of the brigade commander, is logically the headquarters should implement it without fail. However, Mr. Wang and General Yingzuo have reached an agreement on this issue, so it must be authorized by the Shanghai side."
Thousands of troops were not moved. If they had attacked earlier, the battle would not have been fought like this, and the troops would not have suffered such casualties. When the so-called agreement and authorization were mentioned, Major Morimura was full of anger. Considering that the supply line was still in the hands of others and he did not dare to get angry easily, he had to swallow his anger: "Chen Sang, interspersing does not mean fighting. You can fully understand it as taking over the new defense zone and maintaining public security in the defense zone like in Wubei."
“Is there any difference?”
"Of course, at least Mr. Wang will not blame you for this." Seeing that Master Chen was still hesitating, Morimura added, "Chen Sang, time is urgent. Do you really want me to send a telephone number to ask the Chief of the Special Agent of Harada?"
There is no doubt that before coming, they had already passed the air with the "Eng Force" intelligence room.
Master Chen nodded slightly, then said in embarrassment: "Myonmura, since this is the case, there is no reason for the headquarters not to execute it. The key is that the headquarters has old weapons and equipment, serious ammunition, and almost no heavy weapons. It is really powerless to carry out such a arduous task."
"The brigade commander has considered this a long time ago. The third batch of supplies in the afternoon can be handed over to you; a squadron of the Shanyao Brigade and two artillery squadrons of the Murakami Brigade can also cooperate with your troops to fight. In short, firepower is by no means a problem."
A pie fell from the sky. Master Chen was ecstatic and immediately turned around and shouted: "Tell me that all the camps of Qiu and the camps will go to the front line to receive equipment, and cooperate with the artillery troops of the brigade commander to intervene in three to four kilometers on the right wing of the enemy's position before twelve o'clock, and snatch fortifications overnight to completely block his retreat."
"yes!"
As soon as the messenger finished speaking, Xie Wenshan, the communications director who was answering the phone, suddenly covered the microphone and sent it to report: "The brigade seat has discovered a small number of enemy troops in Houyu area, trying to destroy our supply line."
This is the secret code of the old ghost leaving the nest, and it also means that the operation must be carried out one and a half hours in advance. Master Chen pondered for a moment and said firmly: "The supply line should not be missed. He ordered the Fourth Company of Qiu Camp and the Third Company of Kuang Regiment to carry out the clearance immediately, and also telegraphed Shikawa-jun, asking friendly troops along the route to assist."
On the left is the Lake of Hui and on the right is Changdang Lake. The enemy is too easy to penetrate to the side. Major Morimura not only did not feel suspicious, but instead took the initiative to catch the phone and ordered the military police south of the Beijing-Shanghai Line in the name of the brigade and regiment headquarters to assist Master Chen in the clearance.
At the same time, more than 230 officers and soldiers of the second company of Chen Camp, led by the third team of search, quickly and silently climbed through three barbed wire mesh and quietly approached the Beijing-Shanghai line from outside Benniu Town. The first company, the third company and the direct artillery battalion were just one kilometer behind them. Whether the troops could deploy before the armored train arrived depends entirely on whether they could take down the stronghold of a Japanese squad in front of them. The reason why nearly two thousand people were dispatched to ambush a train was not because the information showed that there was a railway squadron on the train.
The search team appeared and disappeared, and a large group of people followed closely behind.
When the first search team member grabbed the courtyard wall covered with dead grass and turned into the courtyard, a Japanese army was urinating. In the silence of death, the sound was like a rushing river.
After a while, the heaven and earth returned to tranquility.
Ge Juncheng, who had made great contributions in the battle to encircle and annihilate Zhang Shaohua, led five soldiers to touch the inner courtyard in the dark, panting, and throwing their guardian weapon, grenades, into the house one by one. The sudden incident made the Japanese army silent for a few seconds. This hesitant moment was the moment of life. Before they could react, the grenade exploded.
The team members rushed into the exploded house and started firing with the newly equipped Thomson submachine gun. The second company commander also rushed into it with his brothers.
The battle was fiercely extended to the entire stronghold, with light machine guns, Thomson submachine guns and flower machinery strafing like rainstorms. Grenades exploded one after another, surrounded by tightly surrounded on all sides and blooming in the middle. The Japanese squad, which had never been attacked since its entry, was caught off guard.
There is no radio station here, and the telephone line has been cut off long ago, but the ambush commander-in-chief Chen Changlu, who was lurking in the snow, was still worried, afraid that he would alarm the enemy and scare away the number one target who was drilling into his pocket - Seishiro Itagaki.
Weapons, equipment and troops had an absolute advantage, and the battle ended in less than an hour. None of the 58 Japanese troops missed the net and all fell into the dense rain of bullets.
"Each company acts as planned, and the artillery battalion measures and shoots the various elements. There is only one and a half hours left. The action must be fast!"
With his order, nearly 2,000 officers and soldiers of the Chen Camp and the Artillery Battalion immediately took action, digging the rails, burying the medicines, and setting up machine gun positions on both sides of the roadbed.
After nearly forty minutes of busyness, the surroundings returned to silence again. The night was dark and the clouds covered the flat fields. The dead woods with leaves stretched out branches into the air and shook in the cold wind. The snow along the railway tracks and the rivers increased the humidity, which made the people who watched it feel a little cold.
Seishiro Itagaki's whereabouts are top secret, and even Major Murakami and Staff Hiroo who were left in Changzhou City knew nothing about it. Moreover, the brigade headquarters had just reported that a small number of enemy troops had fled to the main force and carried out damage, so it was not surprising that the communication was interrupted for a while.
At 10:58 in the middle of the night, a train was like a fire dragon, carrying a huge sound wave, facing the misty night, rumbling eastward along the railway at a normal speed.
Looking at the wide and snow-white light column in the distance, Chen Changshou was very excited. While signaling his brothers to prepare, he ordered excitedly: "Give power to the brigade, Staff Wei and Staff Zhang. The old ghost has entered the ambush circle! The old ghost has entered the ambush circle and launches an attack in five minutes! Launches an attack in five minutes!"
The train was getting closer and closer. When it arrived at a railway bridge that was nearly twenty meters long, the pre-buried zha medicine was detonated in time, and a loud bang and the flames soared into the sky. However, its power was limited, and it only blew up the locomotive. The carriages behind it were shaken and did not even derail.
Explosion is an order. In an instant, the officers and soldiers lying on both sides of the roadbed opened fire at the target.
The artillery battalion had measured and fired the world. Almost at the same time, the battalion commander Gu Fajian shouted at the top of his throat: "The train in front of the target, the grenade instantly emitted half-load of half-load of the ruler, the ruler was 401, three rapid fires, firing the gun!"
The gunner pulled the striker and the shells burst out. Two shots in the first round of test shots hit, and the train wrapped in thick smoke rolled up two more fireballs.
"Bang bang bang..."
Six mortars opened fire at the same time, and shells hit the train like hail. What surprised everyone was that this train, which was like a huge zombie snake, began to fight back with such a fierce attack.
The bullets whizzed over the people's heads. Chen Changlu was anxious because he had to rush to Wunan to support Qiuying after killing the train. Xieying and the first regiment and battalion immediately roared: "The brigade has an order, fight quickly and do not capture prisoners. Brothers, call me the right one!"
The meteor-like flames formed countless arcs in the night sky, covering the smoke-filled train. In this line of fire, red balls were mixed with pounces. With a "bang", two armored carriages were overturned by artillery fire, while the other few were lying crookedly on the roadbed.
At this time, dozens of Japanese troops rushed out of different cars. Before they could see the situation clearly, more than a dozen tongues of fire swept across. The artillery was useless. Chen Changlu made a quick decision and ordered: "First Company, Third Company follow me! The Second Company and the Artillery Battalion acted as planned!"
"yes!"
As soon as the messenger ran away, more than 600 officers and soldiers alternately covered the roadbed and launched the final attack on the enemy in the train. On the staggered front, the brothers hurriedly pulled the trigger, and the "bang bang bang" of hot flames rose at the same time, and rows of bullets broke out like hornets blowing their nests.
The bullets broke out of the air and flew over the Japanese troops who were rushing out of the carriage with powerful kinetic energy.
This round of shooting was close and accurate. Countless bullets gathered into a deadly metal wall, and flesh and blood flew everywhere when they were crushed. Another dozen Japanese wailed, as if they were mowed grass.
The Yang Camp Company lurking at the junction of Wujin and Jintan to fight for help was anxious. The company commander Yang Zhongming's limbs were blown freezing and cold by the cold wind, but his palms were sweating. For him now, every minute is longer than a day.
The rumbling cannons had already stopped, but the dazzling fire in the direction of the ox was teleporting with confusion, fear and excitement. More than ten minutes later, reinforcements from the stronghold were finally dispatched, and the dense three-way columns ran quickly.
He still stared at the closer and closer Japanese army. Finally, he issued an order, and grenades were thrown out from both sides of the railway tracks. After the explosion, there was a brief and desolate silence. More than 70 reinforcements fell into a pool of blood. The tenacious Japanese army rolled towards the pond beside the roadbed in one breath, and the light and heavy machine guns also began to shoot.
Chapter completed!